Environmental Site Assessment Consulting Services At Various School Sites

2026-11-03

The Oakland Unified School District (“ District ”) is requesting Statement of Qualifications (“ SOQ ”) with detail Fee Schedules for pre - qualification to provide environmental site assessment consulting services to conduct soil characterization investigations at various school sites (“ Project ”). Pre - qualified firm ( s ) will enter into Board of Education (“ BOE ”) approved master agreement ( s ) with the District . The Master Agreement ( s ) shall run for two - years through June 30 , 2028 with options for three one - year extensions . A . BASIC SERVICES The Consultant agrees to provide the Services described below : 1 . The Consultant shall be responsible for the professional quality and technical accuracy of all designs , drawings , specifications and other services furnished by the Consultant under the Agreement as well as design and existing conditions coordination . The Consultant shall , without additional compensation , correct or revise any errors or omissions in its design , drawings , specifications and other Services . 2 . The Consultant will use all due care and diligence to confirm that its plans and specifications and all other information provided by or on behalf of the District to potential bidders discloses and publishes any potentially relevant information that could , in any way , have an impact on a Contractor ' s cost of performance . The Consultant shall advise the District of the most effective methods of identifying and securing such information as part of each stage of design . The Consultant shall track for District ' s benefit all such suggested and disclosed information . 3 . Mandatory Assistance . If a third party dispute or litigation , or both , arises out of , or relates in any way to the Services provided under this Agreement , upon the District ' s request , the Consultant , its agents , officers , and employees agree to assist in resolving the dispute or litigation . The Consultant ' s assistance includes , but is not limited to , providing professional consultations , attending mediations , arbitrations , depositions , trials or any event related to the dispute resolution and / or litigation (“ Mandatory Assistance ”). B . STATEMENT OF WORK : The anticipated scope of work for specific project assignments may include but not limited to the following tasks . 1 . GENERAL The intent of anticipated investigations is to explore and characterize surface and shallow subsurface soil conditions to portions of sites with proposed site improvements . The investigation shall address excavation and soil disposal in addition to protection of site users . 2 . FIELD EXPLORATION 2 . 1 Investigation preparation shall include but not limited to obtaining utility clearance , preparing a site health and safety plan , and permitting . 2 . 1 . 1 All boring locations shall be cleared for subsurface utilities prior to beginning any work at the site through notification of the Underground Services Alert ( USA ) system and verification by an underground utility locator . 2 . 1 . 2 A site health and safety plan shall be prepared in accordance with OSHA standards for hazardous waste operations ( 29 CFR 1910 . 120 ). 2 . 1 . 3 Permit and authorization to perform site work shall be obtained from the Alameda County Public Works Agency for boring depths , if required , greater than 5 feet . 2 . 1 . 4 During drilling , the Consultant shall monitor for volatile organic compounds ( VOCs ) in both the breathing zone and for individual soil samples . Consultant shall establish background levels before drilling and continuously monitor for potential VOCs in the air space around the drilling operations . 2 . 1 . 5 Boring locations shall be navigated to and recorded to GPS coordinates . 2 . 2 Soil testing will be performed at locations as identified by the design team , most appropriate to the program area . Soil borings shall be advanced to a total depth of 5 feet below the ground surface ( unless otherwise requested by District ) and soil samples shall be collected at depths of 1 - foot and 5 - feet . 2 . 3 The soil borings shall be visually logged in general accordance with the Unified Soil Classification System ( USGS ) under the supervision of a Professional Geologist . Soil samples shall be collected in acetate liners , sealed , labelled and transported to an analytical laboratory under chain - of - custody procedures . All borings shall be backfilled using cement grout in accordance with Alameda County drilling permit requirements . 2 . 4 Consultant shall provide separate fees based the soil sampling completed during normal business hours and during weekend hours . 2 . 5 To account for the event that the Consultant encounters groundwater in any of the borings , firm shall provide fee for additional services in the proposal to collect and test samples . 3 . SOIL TESTING 3 . 1 Soil sample will be tested for pollutants , contaminants , and waste characterization . The results of the test will be presented in a brief memorandum . If test results exceed the allowable threshold , additional scope will be required to determine next steps , including horizontal and vertical extents of contamination . 3 . 2 The primary purpose for soil sampling and testing is to produce waste profiling scenarios accepted by landfills should results warrant it . Soil samples delivered to an analytical laboratory under a signed chain of custody sheet and the uppermost ( 0 - foot ) samples shall be analyzed for the following tests .

California

2026-05-10